Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising research field aimed at
creating new organic materials. A large number of chemical reactions have been …

With the rapid development of scanning probe microscopy, it has become possible to study
polymerization processes on suitable surfaces at the atomic level and in real space. In the …

Two-dimensional materials with high charge carrier mobility and tunable band gaps have
attracted intense research effort for their potential use in nanoelectronics. Two-dimensional …

Understanding how molecules interact to form large-scale hierarchical structures on
surfaces holds promise for building designer nanoscale constructs with defined chemical …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are established ligands for metal complexes and surfaces.
Here we go beyond monomeric NHCs and report on the synthesis of NHC polymers on gold …

Surface-assisted Ullmann coupling is the workhorse of on-surfaces synthesis. Among the
various couplings that were successfully transferred from solution to solid surfaces, Ullmann …

On-surface synthesis is a powerful route toward the fabrication of specific graphene-like
nanostructures confined in two dimensions. This strategy has been successfully applied to …

On-surface synthesis is a powerful methodology for the fabrication of low-dimensional
functional materials. The precursor molecules usually anchor on different metal surfaces via …

Surface-assisted Ullmann coupling is the workhorse of on-surface synthesis. Despite its
obvious relevance, many fundamental and mechanistic aspects remain elusive. To shed …